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Part One: John McAfee Is Not Funny Anymore

Behind the Bastards

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The Michelangelo Virus - You Got the Pieces

John McAfee claimed the Michelangelo virus was going to disable 5 million PCs when it started. He released a special antivirus program built solely around Michelangelo. It didn't really do any damage, but not a significant number of machines got hit. John McAfee succeeded in drumming up enough fear about viruses that every major company had to have his software on its computers.

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